Pakistan finance minister warns taxes must rise to break the bailout cycle

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Pakistan’s forthcoming IMF bailout “will not be our last” if the government fails to significantly boost tax revenue, the country’s finance minister has warned in the wake of a budget that seeks to reset the country’s ailing economy.  

Muhammad Aurangzeb said he was “relatively confident” of reaching a…